Comments - A memory that haunts me... - Atheist Nexus2015-03-31T18:25:20Zhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2182797%3ABlogPost%3A2029039&xn_auth=noOops,
I forgot to provide a s…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20297082012-08-15T17:42:19.737ZAtheistTechhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/AtheistTech
<p>Oops,</p>
<p>I forgot to provide a specific solution to contrast against what i call a vague answer.</p>
<p>Here is another poor attempt on my part:</p>
<p>Solar cells that can be painted on the sides of buildings.</p>
<p>Those solar cells will collect light from the sun and convert it to usable electricity.</p>
<p>That is a specific solution. It tells you what will do the job, how it will do the job and how to implement it.</p>
<p>Say technology will provide each house with usable…</p>
<p>Oops,</p>
<p>I forgot to provide a specific solution to contrast against what i call a vague answer.</p>
<p>Here is another poor attempt on my part:</p>
<p>Solar cells that can be painted on the sides of buildings.</p>
<p>Those solar cells will collect light from the sun and convert it to usable electricity.</p>
<p>That is a specific solution. It tells you what will do the job, how it will do the job and how to implement it.</p>
<p>Say technology will provide each house with usable electricity is a vague answer to me.</p>
<p>Sorry to disagree.</p> Well, James,
I am not saying…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20297042012-08-15T17:35:03.968ZAtheistTechhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/AtheistTech
<p>Well, James,</p>
<p>I am not saying I am an expert. I will take a stab at providing second (or third or 20th) hand knowledge which I believe to illustrate that money is bad, but not prove it.</p>
<p>With money, there will always be the haves and have nots. Some people will have more and others will have less or close to nothing. It does not take an education to accumulate and horde money, but the fact is that a person who does accumulate much money is held in high esteem and most of the have…</p>
<p>Well, James,</p>
<p>I am not saying I am an expert. I will take a stab at providing second (or third or 20th) hand knowledge which I believe to illustrate that money is bad, but not prove it.</p>
<p>With money, there will always be the haves and have nots. Some people will have more and others will have less or close to nothing. It does not take an education to accumulate and horde money, but the fact is that a person who does accumulate much money is held in high esteem and most of the have nots dream that they someday will become a haves.</p>
<p>That simple yet revealing observation is summarized here: Money produces a division between groups of people.</p>
<p>And if you remember what I wrote in my original blog post above, we need to get rid of them and become only us.</p> Again you've failed to provid…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20297812012-08-15T17:21:22.319ZJames Younthttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/JamesYount
<p>Again you've failed to provide proof that money is the problem. I would say the evidence is to the contrary. The best countries in the world compete in the global market. The poorest ones really don't. Money is not the problem. Ignorance and the lack of a representative government infrastructure are. Western ideology leads to a more civilized world. That includes the monetary systems so that we have a way of equating goods and labor. You can't just say that money is the problem and…</p>
<p>Again you've failed to provide proof that money is the problem. I would say the evidence is to the contrary. The best countries in the world compete in the global market. The poorest ones really don't. Money is not the problem. Ignorance and the lack of a representative government infrastructure are. Western ideology leads to a more civilized world. That includes the monetary systems so that we have a way of equating goods and labor. You can't just say that money is the problem and give an example of a country that lacks money as the proof for that. It only proves my point.<br/><br/>And I'm not sure why you think technological advancement is a vague answer. Growth in technology equals better living conditions. So the countries that encourage technological growth and provide an infrastructure for their citizens to contribute to it always have the richest/most prosperous citizens. </p> Hey James,
You have just stat…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20297782012-08-15T17:09:46.206ZAtheistTechhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/AtheistTech
<p>Hey James,</p>
<p>You have just stated the obvious. Technology (in today's world) requires money and not to be suppressed in order to progress. I agree that science and technology is the answer, but it is such a vague answer that it is practically useless.</p>
<p>If my question is a bad question (I knew it is as a wrote it), then what question(s) are the right ones?</p>
<p>I do not think I have anything to offer either, so don't feel bad if you don't have anything to offer, but I hope to set…</p>
<p>Hey James,</p>
<p>You have just stated the obvious. Technology (in today's world) requires money and not to be suppressed in order to progress. I agree that science and technology is the answer, but it is such a vague answer that it is practically useless.</p>
<p>If my question is a bad question (I knew it is as a wrote it), then what question(s) are the right ones?</p>
<p>I do not think I have anything to offer either, so don't feel bad if you don't have anything to offer, but I hope to set an example and actually try to find something in me to offer.</p>
<p>Here it goes: What if money (and bartering) and religion were removed from this planet? We would need a system that kept track of who needs what, wouldn't we? Technology could keep track.</p>
<p>We would need to provide not only existence, but actually quality living to all people. That would require current medical, agricultural, environmental, engineering, and lots more disciplines to continually progress.</p>
<p>We would need to find environmentally safe sources of energy for our machines and toys. </p>
<p>We would have to find solutions for cleaning up the previous century's accumulated pollution such as CO2, drugs in our ground water, toxic chemicals in concentrated pockets in our environment, radio active waste disposal, etc.</p>
<p>We would have to find solutions for managing people with special needs such as people who tend toward anti-social behaviors.</p>
<p>We would have to re-invent our world and then come up with a way to implement that new world with the least amount of casualties.</p>
<p>We will have to do the impossible, but I say it is not impossible. I say the first step is to get all people thinking about it frequently each month, or week, or day.</p>
<p>We will find the scientists who will find the answers we need even if they are among our children.</p>
<p>I have always believed we have all the time we need, but as I get older, that belief is slowly fading.</p> It's not logistical to change…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20299502012-08-15T16:25:45.677ZJames Younthttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/JamesYount
<p>It's not logistical to change everything at once. The only way would be to wipe out all the people that are teaching bronze age nonsense and start over. That's not feasible or moral so we're left with education and science until the god of the gaps has nowhere else to run. Technology is the answer. We fight over food, land, raw-materials, and religion. Technology and knowledge will eventually solve all of those if it continues to progress. There is no 'right now' solution.</p>
<p>It's not logistical to change everything at once. The only way would be to wipe out all the people that are teaching bronze age nonsense and start over. That's not feasible or moral so we're left with education and science until the god of the gaps has nowhere else to run. Technology is the answer. We fight over food, land, raw-materials, and religion. Technology and knowledge will eventually solve all of those if it continues to progress. There is no 'right now' solution.</p> Thanks Tammy,
My only respons…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20298612012-08-15T16:17:50.918ZAtheistTechhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/AtheistTech
<p>Thanks Tammy,</p>
<p>My only response is a question: What will get all us humans on this tiny little planet we call Earth to change our values and change them all at once?</p>
<p>"Here comes the flood" oops I mean "Here comes the Sun"</p>
<p>Cane</p>
<p>Thanks Tammy,</p>
<p>My only response is a question: What will get all us humans on this tiny little planet we call Earth to change our values and change them all at once?</p>
<p>"Here comes the flood" oops I mean "Here comes the Sun"</p>
<p>Cane</p> When education is seen as bas…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20299352012-08-15T15:48:26.196ZTammy Shttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/TammyS
<p>When education is seen as basic human right. When intellectualism becomes the focus of praise and adoration rather than physical prowess. When we learn to value one another as necessary to the survival of the 'whole', perhaps then we can finally put God to rest.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Thanks for the post, I greatly enjoyed it!</p>
<p>When education is seen as basic human right. When intellectualism becomes the focus of praise and adoration rather than physical prowess. When we learn to value one another as necessary to the survival of the 'whole', perhaps then we can finally put God to rest.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Thanks for the post, I greatly enjoyed it!</p> Hey James,
I do NOT say these…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20298422012-08-15T14:54:32.600ZAtheistTechhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/AtheistTech
<p>Hey James,</p>
<p>I do NOT say these people that I am about to suggest to you to look into have all the answers, but I think they are on the right track.</p>
<p><a href="http://thevenusproject.com/">http://thevenusproject.com/</a></p>
<p></p>
<p>I dare anyone reading this to come up with something by using what the very successful businesses push their employees to do: Think outside the box"!</p>
<p>Hey James,</p>
<p>I do NOT say these people that I am about to suggest to you to look into have all the answers, but I think they are on the right track.</p>
<p><a href="http://thevenusproject.com/">http://thevenusproject.com/</a></p>
<p></p>
<p>I dare anyone reading this to come up with something by using what the very successful businesses push their employees to do: Think outside the box"!</p> Many African countries. The…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20297582012-08-15T14:49:48.087ZJames Younthttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/JamesYount
<p>Many African countries. The people don't have money and they don't have representative governments in many African countries. It's savage and tribal. Without money, you need a barter system. Barter systems fail in a modern society. There are so many problems with barter systems. No money and no government equals anarchy. There isn't an ounce of data that shows that anarchy is a good system for anyone.</p>
<p>Many African countries. The people don't have money and they don't have representative governments in many African countries. It's savage and tribal. Without money, you need a barter system. Barter systems fail in a modern society. There are so many problems with barter systems. No money and no government equals anarchy. There isn't an ounce of data that shows that anarchy is a good system for anyone.</p> Hey John,
As most religious a…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-15:2182797:Comment:20296732012-08-15T14:48:34.873ZAtheistTechhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/AtheistTech
<p>Hey John,</p>
<p>As most religious art and creations, that was very beautiful as you might expect from philosophers. We need concrete answers, and I am very dubious that we will get them from philosophers.</p>
<p>That said, I loved it!!!! It made me feel... just like religion has the power to do...</p>
<p>Hey John,</p>
<p>As most religious art and creations, that was very beautiful as you might expect from philosophers. We need concrete answers, and I am very dubious that we will get them from philosophers.</p>
<p>That said, I loved it!!!! It made me feel... just like religion has the power to do...</p>